Kristi Kates | Author
Get in the Spirit: Holiday Events Around the North
Nov. 18, 2017
BELLAIRE
Bellaire’s 8th Annual Light Up the Night community holiday part is happening on Dec. 2 this year, with a full day of family friendly events including the popular Parade of Lights, tree lighting with caroling, and the competitive soup cook-off, where f...
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Turnpike Troubadours – A Long Way from Your Heart – Bossier City
Nov. 18, 2017
With their highway-ready, picturesque name and Oklahoma roots, this Americana outfit (featuring singer Evan Felker) draws on personal experiences, sketched as rough as charcoal on fiberboard, to craft genuine, rootsy tunes that make the most of their guitar-based format. Whether it’...
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5 Gifts for Adventurers
Nov. 18, 2017
The River’s Loop Trips
Gift a novice adventurer a summer excursion that goes by both tires and water. The River in Traverse City offer three loops that include the TART trail and the beautiful Boardman river: The YMCA trip features a 1-hour bike ride and 3-hou...
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Kahvi’s Waffle Bar
Nov. 18, 2017
A couple of months ago, the team at Kahvi Cafe in Cadillac did a bit of scouting in a search for some new ideas to pep up their food menu.
“We were checking out restaurants from our area up to Traverse City, and down to Gr...
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5 Gifts for Fashionistas
Nov. 18, 2017
A.J. Morgan Sunglasses
Stylish northern ladies know that sunnies are just as de rigueur in the winter as they are in the summer — not only for the fashion effect but also to deflect those harsh winter rays from the giant northern Michigan snowbanks. And A.J. Mo...
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5 Gifts for Techies
Nov. 18, 2017
Amazon Echo Show
If you’ve already picked up an Amazon Echo or Echo Dot — the Wi-Fi-connected media devices that can do everything from play music to report the weather, search any question, or even tell you a joke — then you know how fun they are ...
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5 Gifts for Foodies
Nov. 18, 2017
Inspired by Nature Lids
Plastic wrap is a pain. And so is spending ten minutes riffling through a drawer of Tupperware lids in search of one that fits. Enter Charles Viancin’s Inspired by Nature silicone lids. Stylish, re-usuable, and able to seal tightly on an...
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Timberlake is Ready for Some Football
Nov. 11, 2017
Justin Timberlake will again headline the 2018 Super Bowl halftime show. Fans found out during a hilarious video featuring JT and his pal Jimmy Fallon; JT tweeted the video to his nearly 63 million followers last Sunday. Super Bowl LII, which will air on ...
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The Storytellers
Nov. 11, 2017
Long before there were books, plays, television, or movies, there was storytelling — stories shared while traveling, tales told around campfires, legends and myths passed from generation to generation.
Though the electroni...
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Niall Horan – Flicker – Capitol
Nov. 11, 2017
Anyone who’s heard Horan’s acoustic cover of Julia Michaels’ “Issues” knows that he’s more than just an ex-boy bander. From One Direction to his solo career, his distinctively understated voice is best heard on more pensive numbers like the bittersweet ...
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The Barr Brothers – Queens of the Breakers – Secret City
Nov. 4, 2017
The Barrs dig into a deep well of the folk-rock that originates across their Canadian homeland. This third collection from the trio (brothers Brad and Andrew Barr on guitar and drums, plus harpist Sarah Page) even takes tentative toe dips outside of the ban's usual genre, adding an appeal...
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A Home for the Brave
Nov. 4, 2017
“Brave hearts” is an apt term for those who have served in the military. Well trained and strong of body and mind when they embark on their military journeys, many servicemen and women return physically injured and emotionally and mentally struggling.
&...
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Reviving History
Nov. 4, 2017
The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865. A year after its end, the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) formed to helped link and advocate for veterans of the Union army, marines, navy, and cutter service (which would become the U.S. Coast Guard). The GAR dissolved in 1956, ...
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Michigan Native Jeff Daniels to play City Opera House with son Ben Daniels
Oct. 28, 2017
Actor, musician, storyteller, voice-over artist, playwright, theater founder, Broadway performer, Emmy Award winner.
Shall we go on? Jeff Daniels is a man of many hats, not the least of which is his musicianship. We chatted wit...
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The Most Important Meal of the Day, Reinvented: Traverse City's Sugar 2 Salt
Oct. 28, 2017
Sugar 2 Salt co-owner Stephanie Wiitala knows the value of teamwork. Not only between her and her partner and co-chef/co-owner Jonathan Dayton but also with the entire crew at her and Dayton’s new breakfast and brunch spot at the Village at Grand Traverse Commons in T...
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Modern Masters of Ye Olde Arts
Oct. 28, 2017
It’s a given that work, like life, was far more difficult in the past than it is today. With a long list of modern equipment and refined tools to help us complete tasks and create products, it’s a wonder that some of our age-old arts have survived. Here in northern Michigan, h...
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Espresso Bay’s Golden Espresso
Oct. 28, 2017
Dan Guy has a small problem. So much so, that he was actually roasting beans during this interview.
“I have a coffee obsession,” the Espresso Bay owner said with a chuckle.
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Kelly Clarkson – Meaning of Life – Atlantic
Oct. 28, 2017
Clarkson is already on her eighth album, an impressive accomplishment considering she only won American Idol in 2002. Her latest effort gathers together an equally notable team of industry songwriters and producers, including Grammy fave Greg Kurstin, to generate another soul-pop...
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Automatically a R.E.M. Special for the People
Oct. 28, 2017
R.E.M. will release a 25th anniversary edition of its smash 1992 album Automatic for the People next month, with four discs included in all. The special edition, in addition to the main multi-platinum album itself, will feature a Blu-ray with two different mixes ...
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Lana Del Rey Leaves L.A. for the Road
Oct. 21, 2017
Lana Del Rey is making the rounds to continue support for her newest album, Lust for Life, and she’ll be embarking on a 24-date tour beginning in January of next year to pump up the volume on the set. The trek will kick off on Jan. 5 at the Target Center in... Read More >>